{"product_id":"egyptian-hyksos-tan-steatite-design-class-scarab","title":"Egyptian Hyksos Tan Steatite Design Class Scarab","description":"\u003cp\u003eSecond Intermediate Period (Hyksos era), Dynasties XIII – XVII, c. 1750 – 1550 BCE,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUpper register: a crocodile shown in profile, body elongated horizontally with cross-hatched scaly back — emblematic of the god Sobek, lord of the Nile, and a symbol of royal might and aggressive protection.  Lower register: a recumbent gazelle or antelope, legs folded beneath the body, with cross-hatched body texturing; a desert-margin animal associated with swiftness, regeneration, and Levantine Hyksos iconography of the zoomorphic design-class scarab tradition. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComparable cross-hatched-ground SIP scarabs with crocodile and gazelle \/ antelope motifs are held in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Walters Art Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago, the National Museums Scotland (Petrie Tell el-Ajjul material), and the LACMA Cooney corpus, and are catalogued in Tufnell, Studies on Scarab Seals II* (1984) and Hornung \u0026amp; Staehelin (1976).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize 5\/8 in L. Intact. Pierced longitudinally through the body — perforation clearly visible on the ends.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProvenance: Ex  NY collector, Acquired in The USA Market.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art for Eternity","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53517937541434,"sku":"17599","price":595.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0775\/5120\/6714\/files\/17599bl.jpg?v=1779831998","url":"https:\/\/howardnowes.com\/products\/egyptian-hyksos-tan-steatite-design-class-scarab","provider":"Art for Eternity","version":"1.0","type":"link"}